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UK says steps up contact with Syrian opposition

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 18, 2011 22:42

LONDON - British Foreign Minister William Hague will meet with Syrian opposition representatives in London next week in an intensification of contact with opponents of President Bashar Assad, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

The Syrian opposition members would also meet senior officials of British Prime Minister David Cameron at his Downing Street office.

Britain has been a strong critic of Assad, calling for him to step aside and end a crackdown on anti-government protests that according to the United Nations has killed at least 3,500 people since March, but has ruled out military intervention.

"We have been having regular contacts with a variety of figures in the Syrian opposition for several months. We are now intensifying these," the Foreign Office said.

It added that Britain's former ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Guy, had been appointed to coordinate relations with the Syrian opposition.

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